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What support do worker buyouts need in their fight for a better future of work?

A look at the challenges facing worker co-ops VioMe in Greece and Ceramiche Noi in Italy,…

Copa-Cogeca welcome European Agriculture Committee vote on food security

The twin apex bodies said farmers should be treated fairly if they are subjected to tighter…

More than a paycheque: How can co-ops offer a better future of work?

Worker-owned businesses in Cincinnati, the UK's Bright Future programme for modern slavery survivors and SEWA in…

Looking back on the first year of the UK’s worker co-op body

'We wanted to provide extra opportunities and have a much more decentralised network of individual workers,'…

FCA updates Mutuals Public Register with new digital functions

Changes include the digitisation of records, easier search functions and more accessible guidance

Meet … Diana Dovgan, secretary general of Cecop and Cicopa

'The most exciting and stimulating part of my work is meeting and speaking with co-ops and…

Next steps for co-op alternatives in the gig economy

A report by the ILO highights the potential of platform co-ops like the UK's Chorlton Bike…

Co-op Loan Fund provides accountancy worker co-op with growth capital

Third Sector Accountancy will use the money to continue expanding its client base

Federation of Southern Co-ops announces hurricane relief and debt support measures

'Disaster relief and recovery is a major part of our co-operative economic development, land retention, and…

NRECA fund to support children who lose a parent working at an electric co-op

'Electric co-ops care deeply about their communities and their employees are family. This fund will help…

Co-op Group to offer Barnardo’s donations to encourage member votes

The retailer will give £1 to the charity for every member who votes as part of…

Co-op Bank invests £400k with Co-operatives UK to nurture ethical business

'By acting collectively, we can create fairer and more ethical ways to trade, consume and live'